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Birth Date
Charles Darwin was born at the Mount House, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom -
Returns Home
He returns home to Shrewsbury and begins his work on documenting his findings while on board -
HMS Beagle
was the guest naturalist on a royal Navy ship called "The HMS Beagle." On this he discovered many fossils, plants, and animals, on the islands. He noticed that some animals had similarities to previous animals he had found with slight differences. This started to make him question how animals and plants learned to survive, adapt to their environments and prosper. -
Married
He then married his love Emma Wedgwood and has 10 children -
Book Published
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. This book was published 2 decades after his findings because he was too scared to be a failure to the public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56u2gv8XLs Darwin, Charles. “On the Origin of Species.” Google Books, https://books.google.com/books/about/On_the_Origin_of_Species.html?id=d9biAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button. -
Death
He died and was buried in Westminster Abbey -
Awarded Medal
He was awarded Copley medal of the Royal Society of London which is the highest scientific honor.